History Characters / FireEmblemCharacterClasses

* GlassCannon: The Pirate/Brigand/Barbarians and Berserkers have good speed on top of their massive strength, but have even worse defense than the Fighter and Warrior, and are almost always more inaccurate as well.

* TheGoomba: Brigands or Pirates are almost always the first opponents of the game, starting all the way to the first game. Unlike most examples, Brigands/Pirates have good HP and Strength, and their ability to climb "peak" terrain (and [[GeoEffects gain immense defense/evasion bonuses]]) might make them very difficult to take down, but their inability to hit spells their doom. The ones in ''Gaiden'' have weak stats all around.

* {{Irony}}: Berserkers come with a [[CriticalHitClass passive critical hit chance]], but often possess an atrocious Skill stat (which governs a character's chances of a CriticalHit). The former works almost like a compensation for the latter, as it guarantees that they still possess a fair chance of landing a CriticalHit even if they can't reliably strike their enemies.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Only five recruitable Manaketes are not little children[[note]]Bantu, Nagi, adult Tiki, Male Corrin, and [[spoiler:Rafal]][[/note]]. This is excluding the Dragon Laguz, who, while they can transform into dragons, aren't called manaketes. Of the four playable ones, 3 are male and the youngest male looks at least 14.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Only six recruitable Manaketes are not little girls[[note]]Bantu, Nagi, adult Tiki, Male Corrin and Kana, and [[spoiler:Rafal]][[/note]]. This is excluding the Dragon Laguz, who, while they can transform into dragons, aren't called manaketes. Of the four playable ones, 3 are male and the youngest male looks at least 14.

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Cain, Abel, Jagen, Matthis, Hardin, Roshea, Vyland, Midia, Arran, (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Clive, Mathilda, Zeke, Mycen (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Cecil, Roderick, Luke, Sirius (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Alec, Naoise, Lex, Quan, Finn, Midir, Beowolf, Oifey, Diarmuid/Tristan, Lester/Deimne, Iuchar, Ares (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Finn, Brighton, Fergus, Hicks, Carrion, Selfina, Cain, Alva, Robert, Fred, Glade, Conomor, Diarmuid (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Alan, Lance, Marcus, Noah, Treck, Zealot, Perceval (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Sain, Kent, Marcus, Lowen, Isadora (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Seth, Franz, Forde, Kyle, Orson, Duessel (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Titania, Oscar, Kieran, Astrid, Makalov, Geoffrey (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Fiona, Renning (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Frey (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Reiden, Belf (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Frederick, Stahl, Sully, Ephraim (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Gunter, Silas, Peri, Xander, Sophie, Siegbert (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Conrad (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Shadows of Valentia]]''); Ferdinand, Sylvain, Lorenz, Leonie (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''), Vander, Alfred, Amber, Bunet, Merrin (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Draug, Roger, Dolph, Macellan, Lorenz (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Valbar (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Sheena (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Arden, Hannibal (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Dalsin, Xavier (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Bors, Barthe, Gwendolyn, Douglas (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Wallace, Oswin (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Gilliam (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Gatrie, Brom, Tauroneo (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Meg, Black Knight (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Horace (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Kellam, Kjelle (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Effie, Benny, Ignatius (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Dedue, Gilbert (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Louis, Jade, Madeline (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Marth (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]'' and their remakes); Alm and Celica (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]'' and its remake); Sigurd, Seliph, Leif, and Lachesis (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Leif again (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Roy (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Eliwood, Hector, and Lyndis (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Eirika and Ephraim (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Ike (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]''); Ike again and Micaiah (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Chrom and Lucina (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Corrin (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Byleth, Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Alfonse and Sharena (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes Heroes]]''); Alear (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')[[note]]Interestingly, the "Lord" class in Engage cannot be used by Alear, instead being exclusive to Diamant and Alcryst, which for the former is an {{Expy}} of the Sword Fighter class and the latter an {{Expy}} of the Archer class. And while Diamant and Alcryst are plot-important characters who show up in cutscenes quite a bit, they don't really qualify[[/note]]

Thracia 776 is the first game to have playable Brigands and the appearance of the '''Berserker''', except the latter are an enemy-exclusive class. Brigands instead class change to the '''Warrior''' class. In Binding Blade, they Class Change into the '''Berserker''', which boosts their already high offense and gives them a critical boost.\\\

* UniqueEnemy: There's a class called "Corsair" that appears in '''one chapter''' of ''Blazing Blade'' (on one route of a path split, no less) that is essentially a re-skinned Pirate.

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Gordin, Castor, Wolf, Sedgar, Jeorge, Tomas (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Python, Leon (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Ryan, Warren (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Jamke, Briggid, Febail/Asaello (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Tanya, Ronan (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Wolt, Dorothy, Sue, Sin, Klein, Igrene, Dayan (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Wil, Rath, Rebecca, Louise (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Neimi, Innes (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Rolf, Shinon (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Leonardo (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Norne (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Robert, Beck (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Virion, Noire (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'') Setsuna, Takumi, Midori, Kiragi (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Bernadetta, Ashe, Ignatz, Shamir (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Etie, Alcryst, Fogado (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]''

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: For [[HeroesPreferSwords sword-locked Lords]], the AntiCavalry and AntiArmor properties of their weapons are so that they can stand a fair chance against Cavaliers and Knights respectively, whom otherwise possess a [[TacticalRockPaperScissors weapon triangle advantage]] over them by virtue of being [[BladeOnAStick lance-wielders]].

* HeroesPreferSwords: Only [[BladeOnAStick Ephraim, Sharena, Dimitri]], Hector, Edelgard, [[LightEmUp Micaiah]], and [[ArcherArchetype Claude]] don't (and Hector gains them as a secondary weapon after class change, while Edelgard and Dimitri start with them as a secondary option). While Robin and the ''Three Houses'' lords are always ''capable'' of being a class that can use swords, they are associated moreso with other weapons -- magic tomes, particularly [[ShockAndAwe Thunder]] tomes for Robin, lances for Dimitri, axes for Edelgard, and bows for Claude.

* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Those Lords who don't use Rapiers tend to use a functional {{expy}} like Hector's axe Wolf Beil, Lyn's {{Katana|sAreJustBetter}} Mani Katti, Ephraim's [[BladeOnAStick polearm]] Reginleif, Ike's {{BFS}} Regal Sword, and Micaiah's HolyHandGrenade Thani.

* BladeOnAStick: Recruits, as well as Villagers in ''Awakening'' and ''Fates'', wield lances.

* BladeOnAStick: Cavaliers have been often associated with lances, even in games where they could wield both swords and lances. In some games, there are Lance Knights that are cavaliers that exclusively use lances, while ''Gaiden''[='=]s Cavalier class line exclusively uses lances. In ''Three Houses'', Paladins gain Lancefaire.

* BladeOnAStick: In the mainline ''Fire Emblem'' games, they always wield lances, though sometimes they appear alongside weapon-specific variants, such as in the Jugdral games and ''Radiant Dawn''. Generals get a secondary weapon type (or three!) which varies depending on the game in question, though they usually gain an axe or [[CoolSword sword]].

* BladeOnAStick: The pure-lance infantry class, much like Myrmidons are to swords. Spear Masters in ''Fates'' gain Lancefaire, which boosts their damage output for wielding lances.

* TheGoomba: Serves this role in some games, especially when they're enemy-exclusive. In these games, they have very low stats and their WeaponSpecialization are [[BladeOnAStick spears]] -- though those traits are also found on the superior knights and cavaliers. Additionally, they mainly serve to keep sword-locked characters in check, as well as give axe-wielders something to smash through. The ones that appear in the early chapters of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' have 0s in several of their stats, even on Hard Mode.

* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: They can easily OneHitKO [[AntiCavalry Cavaliers]] and [[AntiArmor Knights]] with [[BladeOnAStick halberds]] and [[DropTheHammer hammers]], respectively, as the effective properties of these weapons are further bolstered by their [[TacticalRockPaperScissors weapon triangle advantage]] over the lance-using Cavaliers and Knights, and the inherently high Strength of Fighter units. However, the shaky accuracy of these weapons makes them AwesomeButImpractical, an option to fall back on only when the player absolutely needs to dispose of a dangerous enemy immediately.

* BladeOnAStick: Bow Knights in ''Three Houses'' wield lances as well as bows.

* MagicKnight: ''[=Gaiden's=]'' Priestesses as well as Jugdral's Mage Knights and Mage Fighters are capable of using swords and magic, while ''Engage's'' Mage Knights can wield either swords, lances or axes in addtion to magic. Mage Knights from ''The Sacred Stones'' doesn't fall under this trope however, as it is just a mounted mage and doesn't use physical weapons. ''Path of Radiance'' grants Sages the ability to wield knives instead of staves. ''Awakening'' also features the Dark Knight, which is similar to the Jugdral Mage Knight, while ''Fates'' features the Basara, which wields [[BladeOnAStick lances]] in addition to tomes.

* BladeOnAStick: Dark Knights in ''Three Houses'' mainly focus on lances instead of swords, although they can still wield the latter.

* BladeOnAStick: The starting and main weapon for Pegasus Knights. Falcon Knights in ''Awakening'' and ''Three Houses'' gain Lancefaire, which boosts their damage output for wielding lances.

* BladeOnAStick: Traditionally, this is the family's primary weapon.

* BladeOnAStick: Gargoyles/Deathgoyles and some Bonewalkers/Wights. Golems (and their stronger counterparts the Altered Golems) brandish lances made purely out of [[LightEmUp light]] to attack foes.

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Raphael (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]'')

* ExperienceBooster: Killing thieves in most games typically give you more experience than other enemies. Also, for some reason, whenever Lethality is activated in the GBA games, you gain double the amount of experience.

* AchillesHeel: They are vulnerable to anti-dragon weapons like Wyrmslayer. Myrrh in ''Sacred Stones'' is also weak to bows as she is also a flying unit. In the Tellius games, Dragon Laguz are vulnerable to anti-Laguz weapons and thunder magic. In ''Awakening'' and ''Fates'', even if they reclass outside of Manakete, they are still dragons because of their heritage and are still vulnerable to anti-dragon weapons and skills.

If a game has multiple Dancers, only one of these characters will usable at any given time for balance reasons. This is because having two of them on one map would allow them to continuously grind for experience by being able to indefinitely dance for each other.\\\

-->'''Playable characters of this class:''' Bantu and Tiki (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Fae (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Myrrh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Ena, Nasir (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Gareth and Kurthnaga (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Nagi (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemNewMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Nowi, Nah and Tiki [[note]]a female Morgan born from any of them will have access to the class[[/note]] (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Corrin and Kana [[note]]While Corrin is '''the''' Lord of ''Fates'', and Kana and any of his/her possible siblings obtain the Nohr Prince/Princess class from Corrin, they are also technically Manaketes because they are the only ones that can use Dragonstones.[[/note]] (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Nel (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'');

* CuteMonsterGirl: Only five recruitable Manaketes are not little girls[[note]]Bantu, Nagi, adult Tiki, Male Corrin and Kana[[/note]]. This is excluding the Dragon Laguz, who, while they can transform into dragons, aren't called manaketes. Of the four playable ones, 3 are male and the youngest male looks at least 14.

* PointyEars: One of the manaketes' most defining physical characteristics, though a few are depicted without them.

** Averted in ''Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light'' and ''Fates'', where Dragonstones have infinite durability.

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Draug, Roger, Dolph, Macellan, Lorenz (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Valbar (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Sheena (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Arden, Hannibal (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Dalsin, Xavier (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Bors, Barthe, Gwendolyn, Douglas (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Wallace, Oswin (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Gilliam (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Gatrie, Brom, Tauroneo (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Meg, Black Knight (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Horace (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Kellam, Kjelle (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Effie, Benny, Ignatius (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Dedue, Gilbert (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Louis, Jade (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

'''Ballisticians''' are a class which appears mainly in the Archanea and Jugdral canon. This class exclusively uses SiegeEngines, an ability which in other games is available just to Archers (who can temporarily make use of siege engines that are available in certain maps, and generally restricted to certain areas due to having their movement stifled by advanced terrain such as forests). \\\

->'''Playable characters of this class family:'''[[note]]Characters marked with a * were originally Bishops in the first and third games, before the remakes added the separate Sage class[[/note]] Merric, Wendell*, Linde (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Gotoh* (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]''); Luthier, Delthea, Mae, Boey, Sonya, Nomah (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Jubelo, Arlen (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Azelle, Lewyn, Tailtiu, Arthur/Amid, Tine/Linda, Ced/Hawk (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Asbel, Olwen, Homer, Ilios, Miranda, Ced (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Lugh, Lilina, Hugh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Erk, Pent, Nino, Athos (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Lute, Saleh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Soren, Ilyana, Tormod, Calill, Bastian (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''), Sanaki (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Katarina (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Miriel, Ricken, Laurent, Emmeryn, Celica (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Orochi, Hayato, Rhajat (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Dorothea, Annette, Lysithea, Hanneman (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Clanne, Céline, Citrinne, Lindon, Veyle (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

Related is the '''King Daein''' class, exclusive to Ashnard in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'', the class family '''Wyvern Master''' and '''Barbarossa''', exclusive to Claude in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]'', which primarily wields bows, and the class family '''Wing Tamer''' and '''Lindwurm''', exclusive to Ivy, which wields tomes and staves, and '''Melusine''', exclusive to Zephia, which wields swords and tomes, in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]''.\\\

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Minerva (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade Of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Altena (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Dean and Eda (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Miledy and Zeiss (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Heath and Vaida (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Cormag (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Jill and Haar (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Michalis (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Cherche and Gerome (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Camilla, Beruka, Scarlet and Percy (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Cyril, Seteth (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Ivy, Rosado (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

-->'''Playable characters of this class:''' Bantu and Tiki (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Fae (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Myrrh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Ena, Nasir (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Gareth and Kurthnaga (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Nagi (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemNewMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Nowi, Nah and Tiki [[note]]a female Morgan born from any of them will have access to the class[[/note]] (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Corrin and Kana [[note]]While Corrin is '''the''' Lord of ''Fates'', and Kana and any of his/her possible siblings obtain the Nohr Prince/Princess class from Corrin, they are also technically Manaketes because they are the only ones that can use Dragonstones.[[/note]] (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]'');

** Alm, Roy, and Ike are derived from Mercenaries based on their balanced stats and being sword infantry units; Ike gets to use axes as a Vanguard in ''Radiant Dawn'', furthering the parallel to the Mercenary line from non-Tellius games. However, Alm gets to use bows once he class changes and Roy is sword-locked.

* AlwaysMale: Strangely, female units cannot reclass to Cavalier in ''Shadow Dragon'', despite Paladin being unisex with Midia starting as a Paladin. This is retified in ''New Mystery'', as females can access Cavalier and Cecil starts as one.

* NoSell: Great Shield (translated in later games as Pavise), a skill belonging to this class in the ''Jugdral'' games and ''The Sacred Stones'' which completely protects the unit from any damage whatsoever when it randomly activates. In ''Awakening'', ''Fates'', and ''Three Houses'', [[DamageReduction it only reduces the damage by half]] taken from enemies equipped with Swords, Lances, Axes, Beaststones, Monster weapons, in ''Fates'', Puppet weapons, and in ''Three Houses'', Gauntlets and Gambits.

* BowAndSwordInAccord: With axes instead of swords for Warriors, as they can wield both axes and bows. The bow is an guarantee to kill any fliers with their high strength, even deal damage to Wyvern Riders, who have more defense than Pegasus Knights. Fighters in Three Houses have specialization in bows, alongside axes and fighting.

* MagicKnight: ''[=Gaiden's=]'' Priestesses as well as Jugdral's Mage Knights and Mage Fighters are capable of using swords and magic. Mage Knights from ''The Sacred Stones'' doesn't fall under this trope however, as it is just a mounted mage and doesn't use physical weapons. ''Path of Radiance'' grants Sages the ability to wield knives instead of staves. ''Awakening'' also features the Dark Knight, which is similar to the Jugdral Mage Knight, while ''Fates'' features the Basara, which wields [[BladeOnAStick lances]] in addition to tomes.

** Dark Mages promoting into Dark Knights gain the ability to use Swords, as well as gaining a horse mount for mobility, at the cost of (ironically) no longer able to use dark tomes.

* DanceBattler: In the Jugdral and Archanea games and ''Awakening'', in which they also wield swords… just not very well. The ''Fates'' version, the Songstress, wields lances/naginata instead.

* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: If there is more than one Dancer in a single game, circumstances will conspire to ensure that they can never be in the party at the same time. The sole exception, ''Fire Emblem Heroes'', has an ObviousRulePatch to have them unable to refresh each other if the other unit has Dance or Sing equipped. Subverted in ''Three Houses'' where they can be refreshed with a Dancer Battalion, but it only works once per map.

* FingerGun: For some inexplicable reason, Tricksters do this in ''Three Houses'' for some of their magic casting (as far as anyone can tell you firearms have yet to see the light of day in the franchise)[[note]]Ship cannons are seen on the Almyran ships in the Derdriu map in ''Three Houses'', but are never seen being used at all, hinting that there are firearms outside of Fódlan[[/note]]. Heck, even their critical animation fires off spells as if they have an ArmCannon.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Many Generals are powerful authority figures, often [[MeaningfulName Generals]] of a large army.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The majority of them are authority figures who are much more powerful then their troops.

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Wrys, Lena, Maria, Boah, Elice (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Silque, Genny, Tatiana (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Marisha, Yuliya, Nyna (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Edain, Deirdre, Claude, Lana/Muirne, Julia, Coirpre/Charlot (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Safy, Tina, Linoan, Sleuf, Sara, Saias (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'') Ellen, Saul, Yodel (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Serra, Lucius, Renault (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''; Moulder, Artur, Natasha (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Rhys, Mist (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]'') Laura, Oliver, [[spoiler:Lehran]] (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Frost (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemNewMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Lissa, Libra, Brady (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Sakura, Azama, Izana, Mitama ''([[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Linhardt, Mercedes, Marianne, Flayn, Manuela, Balthus (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Framme, Pandreo (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

In the Tellius games, the Cleric variant is exclusive to Mist. She is generally identical to normal Priests (which still exist), but does not have the association with religion, and in ''Radiant Dawn'' can also use swords. She class changes to the '''Valkyrie''' class, which in ''Path of Radiance'' allows her to use swords as well. In ''Fates'', the class is again split up by gender and are referred to as '''Monks''' and '''Shrine Maidens'''. Both class change into the '''Onmyoji''' class, similar to Sages, but their branch class is determined by gender; Monks can class change into '''Great Master''', which uses staves and lances, and Shrine Maidens can class change into the '''Priestess''' class[[note]]no relation to the class of the same name in ''Gaiden'', which are tied to the Mage class family instead[[/note]], which uses staves and bows instead. \\\

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Wrys, Lena, Maria, Boah, Elice (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Silque, Genny, Tatiana (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Marisha, Yuliya, Nyna (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Edain, Deirdre, Claude, Lana/Muirne, Julia, Coirpre/Charlot (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Safy, Tina, Linoan, Sleuf, Sara, Saias (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'') Ellen, Saul, Yodel (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Serra, Lucius, Renault (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''; Moulder, Artur, Natasha (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Rhys, Mist (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]'') Laura, Oliver, [[spoiler:Lehran]] (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Frost (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemNewMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Lissa, Libra, Brady (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Sakura, Azama, Izana, Mitama ''([[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Linhardt, Mercedes, Marianne, Flayn, Manuela, Balthus (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]'')

* BareFistedMonk: The War Monk/Cleric class in ''Three Houses'' specializes in brawling. War Monk/Cleric gains Brawl Avoid +20, which increases their avoid when equipping brawling weapons, upon mastering the class, as well as Unarmed Combat (which is the only way for female units to get the skill due to Unarmed Combat otherwise belonging to the exclusively male Brawler and Grappler classes).

* RedMage: Typically, after class change, being able to cast offensive spells and heal. The exception is if you class change them into [[CombatMedic War Monk/Cleric]].

* WarriorMonk: The War Monks/Clerics in ''Awakening'' and ''Three Houses'', and the Great Masters/Priestesses in ''Fates''. They use physical weapons alongside staves instead of offensive magic (or limited magic in general for ''Three Houses'').

Related are the '''Prince''' and '''Princess''' classes in the Jugdral games, exclusive to Leif of Leonster and Lachesis of Nordion, respectively. In ''Genealogy'', they're not true Lords in that their death does not end the game, but are otherwise quite similar gameplay-wise; they class change into the '''Master Knight''', which can use every weapon type except dark magic. In ''Thracia 776'', the Prince is Leif's advanced class. In his DLC appearances in ''Awakening'', Marth has the unique '''Lodestar''' class; he can use Rapiers and the Falchion, but does not act as a true Lord. Also related is the '''Tactician''' class, explained on their own separate folder below.\\\

Some games give their main characters classes which are Lords in all but name, often having different specialties. Alm and Celica's base Lord classes in ''Gaiden'' are '''Fighter''' and '''Priestess''' respectively [[labelnote:*]]Alm's class has no relation to the basic class normally known as Fighter, which don't exist in ''Gaiden'' due to the lack of playable classes that can use axes. Priestess exists as an advanced class for female Mages, but it is a tier one class for Celica and is treated as a Lord[[/labelnote]], and the class is known as '''Junior Lord''' in ''Genealogy''. Ike's initial class is '''Ranger''' in ''Path of Radiance'' and '''Hero''' (a second-tier class) in ''Radiant Dawn''; Micaiah's initial class in ''Radiant Dawn'' is '''Light Mage'''. ''Fates'' has Corrin's '''Nohr Prince/Princess'''[[labelnote:*]]Corrin's gender is chosen by the player. And like Robin, Corrin's child, Kana, also inherits the same class.[[/labelnote]] class.\\\

Most Lords who can class change have their own specific classes. Marth does not class change at all in any of the games he stars in, instead getting a higher level cap of 30 instead of 20 in the DS remakes. Alm and Celica class change to '''Hero''' and '''Princess''' [[labelnote:*]]no relation to the normal-unit Hero class found in other games, here called Myrmidon, or Lachesis's personal class in ''Genealogy''[[/labelnote]], respectively, and also get a pair of paid DLC third-tier classes: the '''Conqueror''' and '''Rigain''' Overclasses, respectively. Seliph and Eliwood class change into the '''Knight Lord''', while Sigurd starts as one. Leif class changes into the '''Prince''' in ''Thracia'' [[labelnote:*]]Prince is also his basic, first-tier class in ''Genealogy''[[/labelnote]]. Roy class changes to '''Master Lord''' [[labelnote:*]]Based on the precedent of Eirika and Ephraim, many people just call it "Great Lord"[[/labelnote]]. Hector, Eirika, Ephraim, Chrom, Lucina, and Dimitri class change into the '''Great Lord''', which function differently depending on the character [[labelnote:*]]Hector's Great Lord class is completely different from that of Eirika or Ephraim, in that the former is more like a General, whereas the latter are horseback units; additionally, Eirika, Ephraim, Chrom, and Lucina's Great Lord class was called '''Master Lord''' in Japanese, which is also what Roy's advanced class was called.[[/labelnote]], with Dimitri also having '''High Lord''' as intermediate class between Lord and Great Lord. Lyn class changes into a '''Blade Lord'''. Ike is an odd case in that '''Lord''' is actually his advanced class in ''Path of Radiance''; in ''Radiant Dawn'', he starts as a '''Hero''' and can class change into the third-tier '''Vanguard''' class. Micaiah class changes into the '''Light Sage''' class, then again into the third-tier '''Light Priestess''' class. Corrin is a special case because they class change into either the '''Nohr Noble''' or '''Hoshido Noble''' classes.[[labelnote:*]]Corrin, and their child, Kana's, class is dependent on either scenario chosen. Nohr Noble for ''Conquest'' and Hoshido Noble for ''Birthright''. In ''Revelation'', they can class change into either, as does Kana.[[/labelnote]] Edelgard class changes into the '''Armored Lord''' and '''Emperor''' classes, while Claude into the '''Wyvern Master''' and '''Barbarossa''' class[[labelnote:*]]Uniquely, the ''Three Houses'' lords do not have to use their lord classes and can assume any other class much like the other playable characters. However, they assume these classes as enemies[[/labelnote]]. Byleth gets an advanced class called '''Enlightened One''' halfway into the story.\\\

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Marth (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]'' and their remakes); Alm and Celica (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]'' and its remake); Sigurd, Seliph, Leif, and Lachesis (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Leif again (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Roy (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Eliwood, Hector, and Lyndis (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Eirika and Ephraim (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Ike (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]''); Ike again and Micaiah (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Chrom and Lucina (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Corrin (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Byleth, Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Alfonse and Sharena (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes Heroes]]''); Alear (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')[[note]]Interestingly, the "Lord" class in Engage cannot be used by Alear, instead being exclusive to Diamant and Alcryst. And while Diamant and Alcryst are plot-important characters who show up in cutscenes quite a bit, they don't really qualify[[/note]]

Distantly related is the bow-wielding '''Nomad''' class of the Elibe games (see the Archer section), which is pretty much a Bow Knight with a tribal flavoring and slightly different stat distribution. They Class Change to the '''Nomadic Trooper''' class, which gains the use of [[BowAndSwordInAccord swords]] as well. Also related is the '''Mage Knight''' of the Jugdral games[[note]]not of ''The Sacred Stones'', which is a magic-only class[[/note]], and the '''Dark Knight''' of ''Awakening'' and ''Fates'', which wield both magic and swords. The ''Awakening'' incarnation of the '''Conqueror''' class, a class exclusive to Walhart, is also related to this line, being similar to the Great Knight and even using the same weapons.\\\

In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'', the Lance Fighter can class change into either Halberdier or the newly introduced Royal Knight, a cavalry class that can use lances and staves.

Related are the aforementioned Myrmidon class and Ike's Lord class in ''Path of Radiance'', which are functionally Mercenaries.\\\

Related is the '''Bard'''[[note]]not to be confused with the normal Bard support class, discussed below[[/note]], a class exclusive to the Jugdral games which wields all three types of Anima Magic and Light Magic and also class changes to Sage, and the enemy-exclusive '''Queen''' class which can use all three types of Anima Magic and Staves. Also related is the '''Empress''' class, exclusive to Sanaki in ''Radiant Dawn'', which also can wield all three types of Anima Magic and Light Magic, but does not class change to or from anything[[note]]it's treated as a third-tier class in-game[[/note]].\\\

->'''Playable characters of this class family:'''[[note]]Characters marked with a * were originally Bishops in the first and third games, before the remakes added the separate Sage class[[/note]] Merric, Wendell*, Linde (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Gotoh* (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]''); Luthier, Delthea, Mae, Boey, Sonya, Nomah (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Jubelo, Arlen (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Azelle, Lewyn, Tailtiu, Arthur/Amid, Tine/Linda, Ced/Hawk (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Asbel, Olwen, Homer, Ilios, Miranda, Ced (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Lugh, Lilina, Hugh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Erk, Pent, Nino, Athos (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Lute, Saleh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Soren, Ilyana, Tormod, Calill, Bastian (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''), Sanaki (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Katarina (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Miriel, Ricken, Laurent, Emmeryn, Celica (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Orochi, Hayato, Rhajat (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Dorothea, Annette, Lysithea, Hanneman (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Clanne, Céline, Citrinne, Lindon (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

Related are the '''Princess Crimea''' and '''Queen''' classes, exclusive to Elincia in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''Radiant Dawn'', respectively; both classes wield swords and staves, but are otherwise identical to the normal pegasus classes.\\\

Related is the '''King Daein''' class, exclusive to Ashnard in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and the class family '''Wyvern Master''' and '''Barbarossa''', exclusive to Claude in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''.\\\

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Lukas and Forsyth (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Nephenee and Devdan/Danved (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Aran (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Oboro and Shiro (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Timerra (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Ethlyn, Nanna/Jeanne (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Nanna, Amalda (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Clarine, Cecilia (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Priscilla (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); L'Arachel (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Maribelle (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Felicia, Jakob, Elise, Flora, Dwyer, Forrest (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Hapi (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Mauvier (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

->'''Playable characters of these classes:''' Tobin, Gray, Kliff, and Atlas (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden/Shadows of Valentia]]''); Amelia, Ewan, and Ross (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Donnel (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Mozu (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Faye (''Shadows of Valentia''); Byleth and every Academy student[[labelnote:Students including...]]Edelgard, Hubert, Ferdinand, Bernadetta, Linhardt, Caspar, Dimitri, Felix, Annette, Sylvain, Ingrid, Claude, Lorenz, Hilda, Marianne, Lysithea, Dorothea, Dedue, Ignatz, Mercedes, Raphael, Ashe, Petra, Leonie, Yuri, Balthus, Hapi, Constance, and Cyril[[/labelnote]] (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Jean (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Ethlyn, Nanna/Jeanne (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Nanna, Amalda (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Clarine, Cecilia (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Priscilla (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); L'Arachel (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Maribelle (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Felicia, Jakob, Elise, Flora, Dwyer, Forrest (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Hapi (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Barst, Bord, Cord (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Iucharba (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Orsin, Halvan, Ralf (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Lott, Wade, Bartre (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Dorcas, Bartre, Geitz (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Garcia (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Boyd (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Nolan (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Ymir (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Dice, Jake (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Vaike, Basilio (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Rinkah, Arthur, Charlotte (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Caspar, Hilda, Alois (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''), Boucheron, Anna, Panette (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:'''[[note]]Characters marked with a * were originally Bishops in the first and third games, before the remakes added the separate Sage class[[/note]] Merric, Wendell*, Linde (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Gotoh* (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]''); Luthier, Delthea, Mae, Boey, Sonya, Nomah (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Jubelo, Arlen (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Azelle, Lewyn, Tailtiu, Arthur/Amid, Tine/Linda, Ced/Hawk (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Asbel, Olwen, Homer, Ilios, Miranda, Ced (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Lugh, Lilina, Hugh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Erk, Pent, Nino, Athos (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Lute, Saleh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Soren, Ilyana, Tormod, Calill, Bastian (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''), Sanaki (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Katarina (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Miriel, Ricken, Laurent, Emmeryn, Celica (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Orochi, Hayato, Rhajat (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Dorothea, Annette, Lysithea, Hanneman (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Clanne, Céline, Citrinne (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

''Engage'' makes pegasus riders the sole basic flying class separated by weapon types: '''Sword Flier''', '''Lance Flier''', and '''Axe Flier'''. They can either class change into ''Griffin Knight'', which adds staves to their arsenal, or ''Wyvern Knight'', which gives them another weapon rank.\\\

->'''Playable characters of this class family:'''[[note]]Characters marked with a * were originally Bishops in the first and third games, before the remakes added the separate Sage class[[/note]] Merric, Wendell*, Linde (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Gotoh* (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]''); Luthier, Delthea, Mae, Boey, Sonya, Nomah (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Jubelo, Arlen (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Azelle, Lewyn, Tailtiu, Arthur/Amid, Tine/Linda, Ced/Hawk (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Asbel, Olwen, Homer, Ilios, Miranda, Ced (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Lugh, Lilina, Hugh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Erk, Pent, Nino, Athos (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Lute, Saleh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Soren, Ilyana, Tormod, Calill, Bastian (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''), Sanaki (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Katarina (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Miriel, Ricken, Laurent, Emmeryn, Celica (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Orochi, Hayato, Rhajat (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Dorothea, Annette, Lysithea, Hanneman (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Clanne, C&eacuteline, Citrinne (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Cain, Abel, Jagen, Matthis, Hardin, Roshea, Vyland, Midia, Arran, (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Clive, Mathilda, Zeke, Mycen (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Cecil, Roderick, Luke, Sirius (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Alec, Naoise, Lex, Quan, Finn, Midir, Beowolf, Oifey, Diarmuid/Tristan, Lester/Deimne, Iuchar, Ares (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Finn, Brighton, Fergus, Hicks, Carrion, Selfina, Cain, Alva, Robert, Fred, Glade, Conomor, Diarmuid (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Alan, Lance, Marcus, Noah, Treck, Zealot, Perceval (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Sain, Kent, Marcus, Lowen, Isadora (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Seth, Franz, Forde, Kyle, Orson, Duessel (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Titania, Oscar, Kieran, Astrid, Makalov, Geoffrey (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Fiona, Renning (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Frey (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Reiden, Belf (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Frederick, Stahl, Sully, Ephraim (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Gunter, Silas, Peri, Xander, Sophie, Siegbert (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Conrad (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Shadows of Valentia]]''); Ferdinand, Sylvain, Lorenz, Leonie (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''), Vander, Amber, Merrin (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:'''[[note]]Characters marked with an * are changed to Myrmidons in ''Shadow Dragon'' and ''New Mystery of the Emblem''[[/note]] Ogma, Navarre*, Caesar, Radd*, Astram, Samson (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]''); Saber, Kamui, Jesse, Deen (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Samuel*, Malice* (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Dieck, Ogier, Echidna (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Raven, Harken (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Gerik (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Gregor, Inigo, Severa, Flavia, Priam, Roy, Alm, Ike (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Selena, Laslow, Soleil (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:'''[[note]]Characters marked with a * were originally Bishops in the first and third games, before the remakes added the separate Sage class[[/note]] Merric, Wendell*, Linde (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Gotoh* (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]''); Luthier, Delthea, Mae, Boey, Sonya, Nomah (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Jubelo, Arlen (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Azelle, Lewyn, Tailtiu, Arthur/Amid, Tine/Linda, Ced/Hawk (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Asbel, Olwen, Homer, Ilios, Miranda, Ced (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Lugh, Lilina, Hugh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Erk, Pent, Nino, Athos (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Lute, Saleh (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Soren, Ilyana, Tormod, Calill, Bastian (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''), Sanaki (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Katarina (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Miriel, Ricken, Laurent, Emmeryn, Celica (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Orochi, Hayato, Rhajat (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Dorothea, Annette, Lysithea, Hanneman (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Marth (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]'' and their remakes); Alm and Celica (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]'' and its remake); Sigurd, Seliph, Leif, and Lachesis (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Leif again (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Roy (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Eliwood, Hector, and Lyndis (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Eirika and Ephraim (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Ike (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]''); Ike again and Micaiah (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Chrom and Lucina (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''); Corrin (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Byleth, Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Alfonse and Sharena (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes Heroes]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Lukas and Forsyth (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Nephenee and Devdan/Danved (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Aran (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Oboro and Shiro (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]'')

->'''Playable characters of this class family:''' Gordin, Castor, Wolf, Sedgar, Jeorge, Tomas (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Python, Leon (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''); Ryan, Warren (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Jamke, Briggid, Febail/Asaello (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''); Tanya, Ronan (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''); Wolt, Dorothy, Sue, Sin, Klein, Igrene, Dayan (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''); Wil, Rath, Rebecca, Louise (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''); Neimi, Innes (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''); Rolf, Shinon (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Leonardo (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''); Norne (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Robert, Beck (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]''); Virion, Noire (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'') Setsuna, Takumi, Midori, Kiragi (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]''); Bernadetta, Ashe, Ignatz, Shamir (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''); Etie, Alcryst (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'')

* AlwaysFemale: The default Dancer class has almost always been female-only. ''Three Houses'' is the first game in the series where the Dancer is available to both males and females. Averted in Engage'' where Seadall, the game's dancer, is a man.